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Developing apparatus having light transmitting window

US5655175A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1996
Grant dateAug 5, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0897
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A developing apparatus includes a developer container for containing a developer; a light transmitting portion, in the developer container, for optically detecting the developer; a rotatable wiping sheet for wiping the light transmitting portion; wherein the wiping sheet has a low rigidity portion at a rotational axis side beyond an end of the wiping sheet.

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